Platform: Website or Android App version number , if a mobile app issue: unknown Browser, if a website issue: I’m using Microsoft Edge, though the affected user used Android to upload most of the observations URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: Observation I first not…

If the observations were marked casual by iNat (as opposed to by another iNat user) it is generally because the observations are of a species that is mostly not wild in that area. As you noted, it’s easily dealt with. This is in place because people not marking cultivated plants appropriately is a …

I would assume it’s not the same situation, given the linked observation where they first noticed it was of a tree frog in a national forest. Particularly relevant as when looking at that species, there are only 37 captive observations on iNat, and the observation is 200km+ away from the closest cap…

While going through casual observations and asking about apparently wild things marked “not wild” by the observer, I’ve run into what seem to be similar cases. I remember getting at least one response indicating that it happened without the observer’s knowledge while uploading using a mobile phone a…

Hmm - have also noticed a small number of apparently wild observations being marked as not wild recently for no obvious reason. Its small, but its more than in the past.

These were all species that are natively found in the area, as well as ones I IDed myself before they suddenly became casual. I spoke with the person further, and they stated that they were attempting to batch edit to obscure some observations. During that, the batch edit timed out so maybe it has t…

Probably random users doing that, sometimes random people do that to my observations because they’re probably new to INaturalist and mis-clicked something

Observations suddenly being marked as "not wild"

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thebeachcomber June 10, 2025, 4:43am 3

same as https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/random-obs-marked-as-captive-cultivated/63735

Topic		Replies	Views
Random obs marked as 'captive/cultivated' Bug Reports	22	511	April 30, 2025
Why is this observation marked 'Casual'? Bug Reports	3	159	November 12, 2025
Way too many observations of wild organisms getting marked as captive General	17	1505	August 7, 2022
Reminder to check your Casual observations! General	14	1987	December 17, 2021
Incorrect "Casual", no downvotes Bug Reports	13	714	June 30, 2025

Observations suddenly being marked as "not wild"

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